Elizabeth Boyle, Lecturer in Early Irish at Maynooth University in Ireland, presents a lecture based on her Irish Times bestseller Fierce Appetites. In this collection of personal essays, which was shortlisted for the Nonfiction Book of the Year at the 2022 Irish Book Awards, Boyle uses her historical learning to grapple with the raw and urgent questions she faces, questions that have bedevilled people in every age. She writes on grief, addiction, family breakdown, the complexities of motherhood, love and sex, memory, class, education, travel (and staying put) with unflinching honesty, deep compassion and occasional dark humor. Introduced by Visiting Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters Fintan O’Toole.
Part of the spring 2023 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series.
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The lecture is free and open to the public. No advance tickets or registration required.
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